Galapagos Island Diving Safety
....Safety Standars
Dive insurance required
To ensure your safety, we require the following of all divers:
1. All divers must be certified as open water scuba divers
by an internationally recognized certification
organization.
2. All divers must be experienced divers (we recommend
that you have more than 100 logged dives) and have
logged at least one dive within the 6 months prior
to boarding the vessel. Dives are very often at an
advanced level. Currents can be very strong and often
divers are required to swim against them.
3. All dives are guided by an instructor/naturalist guide
and due to Galapagos National Park regulations all
divers must dive with the guide at all times.
4. All divers must log in and out of the water with a
member of the diving staff.
5. All divers must have a submersible console including
SPG & depth gauge, time piece or dive computer with
these functions.
6. Decompression diving is not allowed under any
conditions. The maximum allowed depth is 130’ (110’
on nitrox).
Dive Insurance
Due to the nature of this trip and the very remote nature of the destination, all divers are required to have dive accident insurance when diving from the Humboldt Explorer, and to note the policy number on their application form. See our website for further information and options on dive and travel insurance.
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